tau lepton
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tau lepton
n.
The flavor of lepton that belongs to the third generation of elementary fermions and has a negative electric charge, a mass 3.477 times that of an electron, and a mean lifetime of about 2.9 ×ばつ 10-13 second. Also called tauon.
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